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Everyday Tips, Risks and Best Practices

Email is the everyday reality of our personal and professional lives, and its use brings new ethical questions, pitfalls and challenges. Are you protecting yourself and your clients to the greatest extent? Are you storing emails properly? What can and can't you say in an email and why? What unwanted data can be included in a screenshot? Let our experienced attorney faculty bring you up to speed on protecting confidentiality and guarding privacy in email. Register today!

Clarify attorney duties and get the latest case law on lawyer use of email.

Prevent inadvertent disclosure via email attachments.

Get simple, practical guidance and tools for ethical compliance in your everyday use of email.

Who Should Attend

This basic-to-intermediate level seminar is designed for attorneys looking to protect their ethical reputation and minimize risks with email. It will also benefit paralegals.

Course Content

Attorney Duties, Statutes and Case Law Regarding Email

Sending Emails to Clients, Opposing Counsel, the Court and Third Parties

Inadvertent Disclosure

Data Security and Cloud Storage - Does the Email You Delete Really Disappear?

Using Services that Default to Storing Emails and Other Data in the Cloud

How to Retain Emails Important to the Case

CREATION AND TERMINATION OF ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP11:30 - 12:00 and 3:45 - 4:15, Written and Presented byJoseph G. Jarret in Knoxville, John M. Cannon in Nashville, and J. Vincent Perryman in Memphis.

When is Attorney-Client Relationship Created?

Responding to Internet/Website Inquiries

How Much Information Should You Request and Provide?

Accreditation Details:

Credit Information

Continuing Legal EducationMS CLE - 3.00

Includes -
Ethics - 3.00

This course has been approved by the Mississippi Commission on Continuing Legal Education for a maximum of 3.0 hours of credit, which includes 3.0 hour of ethics.

TN CLE - 3.00

Includes -
Ethics - 3.00

This course has been approved by the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education for a maximum of 3.0 hours of Distance Learning credit, including 3.0 hour of ethics.

JOHN M. CANNON is a sole practitioner in Nashville. His practice areas include mediation, personal injury and contract law. Mr. Cannon earned his B.A. degree from Belmont University, his J.D. degree from the Nashville School of Law, and his M.A. degree from Middle Tennessee State University. (Nashville location)

CLAIBORNE H. FERGUSON is managing partner/senior litigation attorney with Claiborne Ferguson Law Firm, P.A. Mr. Ferguson is a Memphis criminal defense lawyer who has been serving clients for over 15 years. He has been certified as a criminal trial specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and he is associated with the National Board of Legal Specialty Certification and has a membership with both the National College or DUI Defense and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Mr. Ferguson offers unique representation, having previously been trained in technology and medical science. He earned his B.S. degree from Rhodes College and his J.D. degree, summa cum laude, from Mississippi College School of Law. (Memphis location)

TIMOTHY HENSHAW is an attorney with McMahan Law Firm, where he practices in the areas of civil litigation, including industrial accidents, workers’ compensation claims and motor vehicle accidents. Mr. Henshaw is a member of the Chattanooga Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association and Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association. He received his B.S. degree, with honors, from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and his J.D. degree, with honors, from Georgia State University College of Law. (Knoxville location)

JOSEPH G. JARRET is an attorney, federal and state mediator, and former major crimes prosecutor, who has been practicing law for over 24 years. He has practiced law before the Tennessee Supreme Court, lower state and federal courts, and before the Florida governor and his cabinet. He has served three different government entities as chief legal counsel, the most recent being Knox County, Tennessee. Mr. Jarret is licensed to practice law before the United States Supreme Court, lower federal trial and appellate courts, the Tennessee Supreme Court, and all lower state courts. He is the chair of the Tennessee Bar Association, City/County/Local Government Law Section; the past-president of the E. Tennessee Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration; the past president of the Tennessee Valley Mediation Association; and has served as the president of two local bar associations. Mr. Jarret has presented blocks of instruction on behalf of the Tennessee Bar Association, The Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts, the Knoxville Bar Association, the Tennessee Municipal Attorneys Association, The Tennessee Association of Professional Mediators, East Tennessee Legal Aid, and other legal organizations. He is a former active duty United States Army armored cavalry officer and former United States Air Force apecial agent with service overseas. Mr. Jarret is a full-time lecturer for UT’s Department of Political Science and Graduate School of Public Policy and Administration. He is an award-winning writer who has published over 90 articles in various professional journals, including the Tennessee Bar Journal. Mr. Jarret holds a B.S. degree, a master's in public administration degree, a J.D. degree, a graduate certificate in public management, and is pursing a Ph.D. in educational leadership at UT. He is the 2009 recipient of the Gordon Johnston Award for Excellence in the practice of local government law. (Knoxville location)

JEDIDIAH C. MCKEEHAN is an attorney with the law firm of Tarpy, Cox, Fleishman & Leveille, P.L.L.C., in Knoxville. He practices in the areas of personal injury, domestic relations, criminal defense, collections and mediation. He is a member of the Knoxville Bar Association. Mr. McKeehan is also the host of "In Session" a legal radio talk show on Falcon Radio in Knoxville and the weekly legal columnist for the Knoxville Focus. He earned his B.A. degree from Carson-Newman University and his J.D. degree from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University. (Knoxville location)

J. VINCENT PERRYMAN opened his own firm, after working with a well-established Memphis law firm focused on estate planning and taxation. His goal is to add value to each client's life through honest and thoughtful legal representation. Mr. Perryman is admitted to practice in Tennessee; and is a member of the Memphis and Tennessee bar associations, and the Leo Bearman, Sr. American Inn of Court. He earned his B.S. degree from the University of Memphis, his LL.M. degree from the University of Washington, and his J.D. degree from the University of Memphis, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law. (Memphis location)

KORTNEY D. SIMMONS is an attorney with Casey Simmons & Bryant PLLC, where her primary areas of practice are criminal defense, juvenile and family law. She practices in courts across Tennessee, but primarily practices in West Tennessee. Ms. Simmons is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association (Young Lawyers Division board member, District 13 representative), Federal Bar for the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, Jackson-Madison County Bar Association (Young Lawyers Division president), Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Ballard-Taylor Bar Association, and Lawyers' Association for Women. She has received numerous awards, including 10 Best American Institute of Criminal Law Attorneys; 10 Best Female Attorneys (1026); and Top 40 under 40 for the state of Tennessee, criminal defense, National Trial Lawyers (2016), National Black Lawyers (2016). Ms. Simmons eared her B.S. degree from Middle Tennessee State University and her J.D. degree, with a certificate in criminal law, from the University of Mississippi School of Law. (Memphi location)

TIMOTHY R. SIMONDS serves as an assistant attorney general for the state of Tennessee. Prior to his state service, he was engaged in the private practice of law for 25 years in the areas of commercial law, commercial litigation, creditor's rights, banking law, and real estate law. Mr. Simonds is licensed to practice law in Tennessee and Georgia. He earned his B.S. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and his J.D. degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law. (Nashville location)

AARON VICK is chief strategy officer with Cicayda. Mr. Vick focuses on mitigating, reducing, and managing complex discovery across multiple practice areas and government investigations. He is a member of Litigation Technology Professionals Institute and American College of Forensic Examiners Institute. Mr. Vick has a computer science B.S. degree from Belhaven University and a graduate certificate in project management from Boston University. (Nashville and Memphis locations)